This intricate all-text reworking draws on the Gothic, as well as Clue, to simulate seven characters working to outwit the killer in their midst.
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Grave, intimate, contemplative and plot-driven.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Emily Short
- Released
- March 15, 2005
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
- Engine
- Inform
Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
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